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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Wed Mar 1, 2017, 12:10 PM Mar 2017

You want medications available quicker?

tRump mentioned this last night.

The problem as I see it is that the Repubs want to cut safety corners and decimate the FDA to reach this goal. This would be good for the pharmaceutical corporations and tragic for us.
With the system we have now wouldn't the opposite be the way to go? An expansion of the FDA regarding safety testing in order to relieve the backlog?

I think the ultimate solution would be eliminating private drug manufacturers. Instead of profit and focus on drugs like Viagra we'd have very well paid scientists as public servants seeking cures for diseases on a priority list established out of need rather than making money.

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You want medications available quicker? (Original Post) SHRED Mar 2017 OP
You are aware that almost all meds are made outside USA? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #1

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
1. You are aware that almost all meds are made outside USA?
Wed Mar 1, 2017, 08:58 PM
Mar 2017

India and Israel are largest source of meds.
We may make some, but small per cent.

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